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Your Library Does not Need a Social Media Plan By TTW Contributor Dr. Troy Swanson

Last month, someone contacted me about creating social media plans in libraries. From our email exchange, I think she was a bit surprised when I said that I think social media plans often get in the way and are a waste of resources. I told her that I could not send her a sample social [...]

December 11th, 2012 | Category: Best Practices for Social Software in Libraries, Social Software & Sites, TTW Contributor Dr. Troy Swanson | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)

Social Media Best Practices for Libraries

This post was written by Kasia Grabowska for last semester’s LIS 768: Library 2.0 & Networking Technologies class. Kasia has allowed me to repost it here.

After doing brand monitoring research for the past few weeks, looking closely at Skokie Public Library (and not so closely at several other libraries), I decided to put together a list of [...]

March 18th, 2010 | Category: Best Practices for Social Software in Libraries, Dominican University GSLIS, Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Library 2.0/Web 2.0, Library Innovators, LIS Education in the 21st Century, TTW Guest Posts | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

Why No Comments?

Don’t miss:

http://www.asaecenter.org/PublicationsResources/ANowDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=36272

One of the stumbling blocks for libraries when we talk about blogging is the fact that so many library blogs never get comments. This article – focused on associations – might be very useful for strategic planning for the library blog.

I especially like this one:

2. Open and easy. If you really [...]

September 26th, 2008 | Category: Best Practices for Social Software in Libraries, LIS Weblogs Rule! | Comments are closed

Do you utipu?

Here’s a 1:00 screencast for utipu.com; it’s that easy to download and fire up.

1. Goto http://www.utipu.com/app/download

2. After download, run executable.

3. Launch and press record.

4. Goto http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_upload and upload your video

All together took about 8 minutes from download to upload. This is an easier way, perhaps, than saying:

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May 20th, 2008 | Tags: , , , | Category: Best Practices for Social Software in Libraries, Librarian 2.0, Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Library 2.0/Web 2.0, Participatory Culture, TTW Contributor: Lee Leblanc, YouTube & Libraries | One comment - (Comments are closed)

What features make it easier?

Do you notice the seams in your socks?

Are there any to notice? Your coffee mug handle, fit nicely in your hand? Clearing that paper jam without saying, “What do you mean paper still stuck?” Does your RSS reader make it easy to forward cool stuff? How about a planner? [...]

May 14th, 2008 | Category: Best Practices for Social Software in Libraries, Content (is Conversation), Library 2.0/Web 2.0, Library Innovators, TTW Contributor: Lee Leblanc | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Press Release: Web 2.0 & Libraries, Part 2: Trends and Technologies

Web 2.0 & Libraries, Part 2: Trends and Technologies

by Michael Stephens

Social software, more ubiquitous than ever, continues to have a profound impact on information and communication in the Information Age.

From the American Library Association to social software news aggregation, it's clear the trend toward utilizing "Web 2.0" technologies for information [...]

October 3rd, 2007 | Category: Best Practices for Social Software in Libraries | Comments are closed

Word doesn’t know ‘kerfuffle’ or ‘Flickr’

Word doesn’t know ‘kerfuffle’ or ‘Flickr’ Originally uploaded by mstephens7

Working on my LTR!

July 7th, 2007 | Category: Best Practices for Social Software in Libraries | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Marketing Social Software to the Public: Your Success Stories

Greetings from the ultra-cool Traverse Area District Library, where I am embedded on the second floor working on my second installment of Library Technology Reports. This issue is a followup to last year’s Web 2.0 & Libraries: Best Practices for Social Software. This year it’s “Web 2.0 & Libraries, Part 2: Trends and Technologies, and [...]

July 2nd, 2007 | Category: Best Practices for Social Software in Libraries | Comments are closed

Best Web 2.0 Software of 2006

Dion Hinchcliffe posts an overview of the best of Web 2.0 for 2006:

http://web2.wsj2.com/the_best_web_20_software_of_2006.htm

Amongst the choices are some of my favorites as well: Netbvibes and YouTube.

January 4th, 2007 | Category: Best Practices for Social Software in Libraries, Flickr Rocks My World, IM, Meebo & Chat Reference, Librarian 2.0, Library 2.0/Web 2.0, RSS and Content, Social Software & Sites, YouTube & Libraries | Comments are closed

Why Don’t CEOs (Library Directors?) Blog…

Director, are you Blogging??

Via the Church of the Customer Blog:

If CEOs blogged, they would save considerable time on hundreds of weekly emails that ask roughly the same types of questions. That’s part of Debbie Weil’s thesis in The Corporate Blogging Book. “Why not do it more efficiently?” she writes. “Instead of a one-to-one [...]

September 23rd, 2006 | Category: Best Practices for Social Software in Libraries, Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Library 2.0/Web 2.0, LIS Weblogs Rule!, On the Library Cluetrain | Comments are closed
 
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